Shoot and edit day to night time-lapse course

In the 19 lessons of this course you will learn to plan, shoot and edit day to night (holy grail) time-lapses using 6 different methods; with simple tools like your bare hands or using software specifically designed for this task; available for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android.

Level

Intermediate

Duration

6:57 hours

Exercise files

Time-lapses, a template and checklists

Language

Spanish

Lessons

1 - Introduction (03:32)

Quick introduction with me explaining briefly what we'll learn on this course.

2 - Before shooting (04:01)

A quick overview about everything we'll need to get good day to night time-lapses.

3 - Pre-scouting (12:16)

We'll learn about the best tools to scout a location comfortably from our home. This will be useful for when we actually visit the location we want to shoot.

4 - Checking the forecast (10:14)

I'll teach you about different and precise tools to check the weather to avoid cloudy or rainy shoots.

5 - Light pollution (03:06)

Light pollution is the worst enemy of landscape astrophotography. We will learn about the tools we can use to check how polluted an area is and plan our shoot accordingly.

6 - Camera settings (07:49)

In order to shoot day to night time-lapses we need to use specific camera and interval settings to get good time-lapses. In this lesson we will learn how to configure our devices properly.

7 - Lunar phases (07:07)

Landscape astrophotography depends greatly on the lunar phases. In this lesson we will learn to properly set up our camera to get a good exposure according to the Moon brightness.

8 - Histogram (13:45)

One of the most useful tools when shooting day to night time-lapses is the histogram. In this lesson we will learn what is it and how to use it to get excellent results.

9 - Focusing techniques (13:51)

When shooting day to night time-lapses we need to focus during the day, this way we will avoid unfocused stars at night. We will see two techniques to get a proper focus before starting our shoot.

10 - Work and editing tools (08:46)

An overview about all the applications and work tools we will use during the course and where to download them from.

11 - File management (05:44)

We will learn how to create proper copies of our files using a special program. Also how to store them correctly using a template specifically designed for the course.

12 - Aperture priority method (56:14)

We will learn to shoot and edit day to night time-lapses using the aperture priority method. This method is available for all camera brands.

13 - Rendering with LRTimelapse (10:33)

How to properly configure and do a render (image to video conversion) using LRTimelapse.

14 - Multiple time-lapses method (01:11:17)

We will learn to shoot and edit day to night time-lapses using the Multiple time-lapses method. This method is available for all camera brands.

15 - Holy Grail with LRTimelapse (42:43)

We will learn to plan, shoot and edit day to night time-lapses using the Holy Grail with LRTimelapse method. This method is available for all camera brands.

16 - LRTimelapse + qDSLRDashboard (45:06)

We will learn to shoot and edit day to night time-lapses using the LRTimelapse + qDSLRDashboard method. This method is available for Nikon, Sony and Canon cameras (see Requirements to check your model compatibility with the program).

17 - Magic Lantern (42:32)

We will learn to plan, shoot and edit day to night time-lapses using the Magic Lantern method. This method is available for Canon cameras only (see Requirements to check your model compatibility with the firmware).

18 - GBTimelapse (57:10)

We will learn to plan, shoot and edit day to night time-lapses using the GBTimelapse method. This method is available for Canon cameras only (see Requirements to check your model compatibility with the program).

19 - Conclusions (01:50)

Brief closing for the Introduction to time-lapse editing course.

Detailed contents by method and application

Google Earth

How to scout locations

Maps

Pictures

Measurement tools

Google Images

How to search for images of locations

Google Maps

Location search

How to get location coordinates

The Photographer's Ephemeris

How to change the date

Position pin

Sun and Moon position

Location sync

Clear Outside

How to read the website data

Light Pollution Map

How to read the website data

PhotoPills

How to use the augmented reality

TeraCopy

How to use the program

How to make copies

How to verify a copy

How to use the file structure template (included with the excercise files) in order to manage and store our images properly

Camera settings

Shooting tips

Interval

Interval vs exposure time

How aperture affects time-lapses

Flicker

Camera exposure according to the phase of the Moon

Settings to expose correctly

How the Moon motion affects the landscape during the night

Histogram

What is it and how to use it

How does an histogram with moonlight looks like

How does an histogram with no moonlight looks like

Exposing to the right

How to properly recover information when exposing to the right

Technique

What is and how to use the hyperfocal distance

How to use a hyperfocal distance table

How to use a hyperfocal distance calculator

How to properly focus to infinity

Focusing tips

Aperture priority method

Theory

Shooting

Shooting tips

Editing

Comparison between the SOOC images and the edited ones

Multiple time-lapses method

Theory

Shooting

Shooting tips

Editing

Comparison between the SOOC images and the edited ones

Holy Grail with LRTimelapse method

Theory

Planning

Shooting

Shooting tips

Editing

Comparison between the SOOC images and the edited ones

LRTimelapse + qDSLRDashboard method (Canon, Nikon and Sony cameras)

Theory

Shooting

Shooting tips

Editing

Comparison between the SOOC images and the edited ones

Magic Lantern method (Canon cameras only)

Theory

Planning

Shooting

Shooting tips

Editing

Comparison between the SOOC images and the edited ones

GBTimelapse method (Canon cameras only)

Theory

Planning

Shooting

Shooting tips

Editing

Comparison between the SOOC images and the edited ones

qDSLRDashboard

How to properly set up the program

How to set up the LRTimelapse setting

Magic Lantern

Camera compatibility

Firmware installation

How to setup the Canon menu

How to set up the Magic Lantern menu to get a proper day to night time-lapse

GBTimelapse

How to set up the program to get a proper day to night time-lapse

Lightroom Classic

Editing

Aspect ratio

How to properly sync settings between pictures

Saving metadata

Reading metadata

Keyframe filtering

What does a star mean?

Keyframes editing

How to sync specific editing adjustments

Match total exposures

How to copy editing adjustments

How to paste editing adjustments

How to export images for a render with LRTimelapse

LRTimelapse

Ramps or transitions

Creating new keyframes

Deleting keyframes

Keyframe assistant

How to use the Holy Grail Wizard

Keyframes type

Visual Previews

Total deflicker

Alternative use of the tool

Deflicker a sequence by area

Reference area

Reference area type

Initialize deflicker column

Initialize luminance Holy Grail column

Shooting mode selection

Render

XMP files

What are they?

DaVinci Resolve

Create a proyect

Language change

How to import files

Cutting (editing)

Transitions: crossfade

Render

Requirements

You need to know how to use the camera in full manual mode, shoot in raw format (forget about jpegs) and know how to shoot "normal" time-lapses (day to day or night to night, time-lapses that don't have a lot of light changes)